- Replaced deprecated package `k8s.io/utils/pointer` with `k8s.io/utils/ptr` for pkg/apis (2/2). ([#132779](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/132779), [@PatrickLaabs](https://github.com/PatrickLaabs)) [SIG Apps, Auth and Storage]

  The `flowcontrol.apiserver.k8s.io/v1beta3` APIs are deprecated and will no longer be served in v1.32. All existing objects are available via the `v1` APIs. Transition clients and manifests to use the `v1` APIs before upgrading to `v1.32`. ([#121089](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/121089), [@tkashem](https://github.com/tkashem))

## Changes by Kind

### Deprecation

#### kube-apiserver:
- the following deprecated APIs can no longer be served:
  - All resources under `apps/v1beta1` and `apps/v1beta2` - use `apps/v1` instead
  - `daemonsets`, `deployments`, `replicasets` resources under `extensions/v1beta1` - use `apps/v1` instead
  - `networkpolicies` resources under `extensions/v1beta1` - use `networking.k8s.io/v1` instead

- Fixed the issue where pod with ordinal number lower than the rolling partitioning number was being deleted it was coming up with updated image. ([#120731](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/120731), [@adilGhaffarDev](https://github.com/adilGhaffarDev)) [SIG Apps and Testing]

## Changelog since v1.21.0

## What's New (Major Themes)

### Removal of several beta Kubernetes APIs

### Other (Cleanup or Flake)

- APIs for kubelet annotations and labels from k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/apis are now available under k8s.io/kubelet/pkg/apis/ ([#98931](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/98931), [@michaelbeaumont](https://github.com/michaelbeaumont)) [SIG Apps, Auth and Node]

- Added support for configuring custom stop signals with a new StopSignal container lifecycle ([#130556](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/130556), [@sreeram-venkitesh](https://github.com/sreeram-venkitesh)) [SIG API Machinery, Apps, Node and Testing]

### SIG Apps

[SIG Apps][] focuses on the Kubernetes APIs and the external tools that are required to deploy and operate Kubernetes workloads.

    - [Beta](#beta)
    - [CLI Improvements](#cli-improvements)
  - [API Changes](#api-changes)
  - [Other notable changes](#other-notable-changes-1)
    - [API Machinery](#api-machinery)
    - [Apps](#apps)
    - [Auth](#auth)
    - [CLI](#cli)
    - [Cloud Provider](#cloud-provider)
    - [Cluster Lifecycle](#cluster-lifecycle-1)
    - [Instrumentation](#instrumentation)
    - [Network](#network-1)

- OpenAPI will no longer duplicate these schemas:
  - io.k8s.apimachinery.pkg.apis.meta.v1.DeleteOptions_v2
  - io.k8s.apimachinery.pkg.apis.meta.v1.ObjectMeta_v2
  - io.k8s.apimachinery.pkg.apis.meta.v1.OwnerReference_v2
  - io.k8s.apimachinery.pkg.apis.meta.v1.StatusDetails_v2